# Trump is dying **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 27, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520 "2025-08-27T07:09:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 136
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2702 "2026-05-19T21:34:48Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I mean, that’s all he wants them to do, right? They’re qualified to give **him** what he wants. Just not qualified for the role of things like Director of the FBI, or Secretary of Defense, or any actual advisory roles. And if he has anyone competent handling PR, he doesn’t listen to them. (He probably just wants people who tell him that everything he says and does is great and everyone loves him.) Medically-speaking, it seems like the role of “doctor” is “person who will sign a letter that someone writes for me telling me I’m the healthiest and most vigorous human being ever”. So, I don’t know if he’s getting the best medical care either. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2703 "2026-05-19T21:41:36Z")
One can always hope. Anyway, they not being qualified to be a judge or Secretary of this or that or Director of anything earns only a shrug from him. He is totally indifferent as to what happens to this country or anyone in it. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2704 "2026-05-20T02:32:20Z")
**Handwatch '26** : Today’s shade is “roast beef thats been sitting out in the sun for a week”. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreiaiswsagg5o7ez7uel5dolmsam25oajb45zdg2r4pqztlgbsuib2m) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreiaiswsagg5o7ez7uel5dolmsam25oajb45zdg2r4pqztlgbsuib2m) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2705 "2026-05-20T02:40:16Z")
Those really are stubby fingers, aren’t they? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2706 "2026-05-20T03:54:18Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Today’s shade is “roast beef thats been sitting out in the sun for a week”. Yeah that’s not a healthy person’s hand [https://imgur.com/gallery/b6my09Z](https://imgur.com/gallery/b6my09Z) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2707 "2026-05-20T06:22:39Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Today’s shade is “roast beef thats been sitting out in the sun for a week”. As fucked up as it already looks, how bad must it look under all that makeup?! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2708 "2026-05-20T10:40:29Z")
The curvature of his usual finger posture accents the appearance of stubbiness, but yeah. Even if splayed out flat (assuming he can still do that net of arthritis and whatever juice they’re pumping into him) those are short-fingered hands. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2709 "2026-05-20T13:18:29Z")
Bitty-fingers. (Usually I would feel bad about making light of a person’s physical traits, but it’s Trump. Fuck that short fingered asshole.) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2710 "2026-05-20T14:31:16Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Even if splayed out flat (assuming he can still do that net of arthritis and whatever juice they’re pumping into him) those are short-fingered hands. I heard that his fingers were of a respectable length for his Vulgarian species. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2711 "2026-05-20T14:34:02Z")
Eh, it might actually be from shaking hands. My mother had bruises all over in her last years. She had bruises from all sorts of minor contacts. If she’d had to shake hands all day, her hands would have been bruised like that. Also, the bruising was unrelated to what finally killed her. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2712 "2026-05-20T14:46:24Z")
When Trump tries that hard to cover something up, I’m not giving him the benefit of the doubt. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2713 "2026-05-20T19:13:16Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Eh, it might actually be from shaking hands. I’ve been wondering for weeks now, is there any evidence, are there there any credible witnesses to all this hand-shaking? I don’t recall seeing anything showing Trump pressing the flesh, ever. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2714 "2026-05-20T19:18:05Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I don’t recall seeing anything showing Trump pressing the flesh, ever. One can easily find photos of him shaking hands with people during photo opportunities, such as last week’s summit with Xi: [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQMCQl_kTZpOx7nCkSt5rKTcBcU3Y9Appaa3g&s) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQMCQl_kTZpOx7nCkSt5rKTcBcU3Y9Appaa3g&s) But, those are staged, and don’t happen _that_ often. I’m not at all convinced that he shakes tons of hands every day, _especially_ as it’s pretty well-known that, in addition to his other mental issues, he’s a germaphobe. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2715 "2026-05-20T19:24:17Z")
One, sure but unless he’s really delicate that shouldn’t bruise anything. I’m talking about where he shakes hand after hand in a crowd. [![](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/postandcourier.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/a4/7a4587e2-a0e9-11ea-9e8b-6f467ff89066/5e56dacd9364a.image.jpg?resize=400%2C267) ](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/postandcourier.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/a4/7a4587e2-a0e9-11ea-9e8b-6f467ff89066/5e56dacd9364a.image.jpg?resize=400%2C267) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2716 "2026-05-20T19:33:23Z")
Has Donald EVER done that? (As @kenobi_65 said, DT is well known to be a germaphobe.) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2717 "2026-05-20T19:35:37Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Has Donald EVER done that? I found _a_ picture of such. This is from six years ago, during his 2020 re-election campaign, and was taken in late February of 2020 – in other words, just before COVID. We don’t know how many hands he shook other than this one, of course. 😉 [![](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Politics/trump-palm-springs-gty-ps-200219_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg) ](https://s.abcnews.com/images/Politics/trump-palm-springs-gty-ps-200219_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2718 "2026-05-20T19:44:59Z")
Good find. I think it’s rare to see him interacting with people in this way. (I suspect it didn’t happen all that often back six years ago—and maybe never, now!) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2719 "2026-05-20T19:57:51Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Eh, it might actually be from shaking hands. The fact that this is what they’ve tried to blame it on makes me convinced it’s a lie. If it were really from just shaking hands, they would have said it was from Trump singlehandedly demolishing the East Wing. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2720 "2026-05-20T20:06:55Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > it might actually be from shaking hands. Then wouldn’t the bruising be on his palm, not the back of his hand? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2721 "2026-05-20T20:13:20Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Good find. I think it’s rare to see him interacting with people in this way. (I suspect it didn’t happen all that often back six years ago—and maybe never, now!) I found a few more. Most of them are from 2020 or earlier, though this one is actually from April of last year: [![](https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/664e36874bbc542f3dae99fd/master/w_1920,c_limit/donald-trump-brox-rally-site-story-image.jpg) ](https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/664e36874bbc542f3dae99fd/master/w_1920,c_limit/donald-trump-brox-rally-site-story-image.jpg) However, that is still well before the whole bruising thing started, last spring or summer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=135) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=137)